Clara Kiyoko Kumagai launches her debut YA novel, Catfish Rolling
Thu, Apr 06, 2023
BY JORDAN LILLIS
There's nothing quite like experiencing the world as a teenager. All those fraught feelings and heightened emotions work together to deliver a saturated picture of our surroundings and experiences. It can be intense! That's part of the reason the books and movies we consume during those years are so formative, so vividly real.
Galway: The City's Contribution to the Literary Culture in Ireland
Wed, Apr 05, 2023
Galway is known as the cultural heart of Ireland and is revered for its history, festivals, and arts. The city has been one of the pioneers of literary culture in the country.
The city is renowned for its annual International Arts Festival every July. It is spread across two weeks with highlights of events ranging from art and cultural displays, live music street performances, dancing and everything in between.
Read more ...Crannóg magazine launch its 58th issue upstairs at The Crane
Thu, Mar 23, 2023
Crannóg, Galway’s international literary magazine, is launching its 58th issue upstairs at The Crane on Friday, March 31 between 6.30pm and 8pm. The launch will feature readings of poetry and fiction from a selection of contributors.
Read more ...Spiddal Author, Fearghas Mac Lochlainn nominated for Book Award
Thu, Feb 23, 2023
An Slipéar Gloine, an Irish story based on Cinderella and told in rhyme, is on the KPMG Irish Children Book Award shortlist for 2023. Fearghas Mac Lochlainn, the Spiddal author of this scintillating book, is delighted. He says: "I'm chuffed. It is fantastic that a book written in the Irish language has been shortlisted. Paddy Donnelly, the brilliant artist who illustrated the book, deserves much of the credit here! I am also much indebted to Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin and Futa Fata who asked me to write the book in the first place and then put An Slipéar Gloine into the hat for the Reics Carló award (which it won), and for the KPMG award."
Read more ...Joseph O’Connor in conversation at Kennys Bookshop
Thu, Jan 12, 2023
One of Ireland’s great authors, the award-winning Joseph O’Connor, will join Tomás Kenny in conversation at Kennys Bookshop on Thursday, January 19, to celebrate the publication of his new novel, My Father’s House.
Read more ...Moya Roddy celebrates Nollaig na mBan
Thu, Jan 05, 2023
January 6, the twelfth and final day of Christmas, was always known in Ireland as Nollaig na mBan, Women’s Christmas or Little Christmas. As a reward for their hard work over the festive season, women were rewarded with a day off from the house work and traditional roles were meant to be reversed in the home - the men did the women’s house work while the women rested and gathered together casually.
Read more ...Brush up on your Irish this spring at Áras na nGael
Thu, Jan 05, 2023
Want to brush up on your Irish skills? Or perhaps you have a passion for languages and want to learn Irish from scratch? Áras na nGael are offering a brand new set of Irish language classes this spring. From beginners to more advanced, they have a wide range of classes available so there really is something for everyone!
Read more ...Over The Edge Celebrates 20th Birthday this month
Thu, Jan 05, 2023
The event will feature Ferdia Mac Anna, Terri Metcalfe & Séan Gibbons
Read more ...Treats at the final Over The Edge: Open Reading of 2022
Thu, Dec 08, 2022
Over The Edge, Galway City's literary events organisation, organise readings of poetry and fiction at a variety of venues around Galway City. The December ‘Over The Edge: Open Reading’ will take place in Galway City Library on Thursday, December 15 from 6-7.30pm.
Read more ...Galway writer, Maureen Gallagher, launches her debut novel Limbo
Thu, Oct 20, 2022
Having long had an interest in writing short stories and poetry, which she loved, it was not until Gallagher's children were in their late teens that Maureen "dipped her toe in the literary world."
Described as an "accidental crime writer", the foray into the social climate of Ireland during that time was no accident for Gallagher, who as an activist has lent her voice to a multitude of causes over the decades. She found that due to the structure of novel it "allowed her to explore social issues, something dear to her heart."
Read more ...Autumn poetry workshops via Galway Arts Centre
Thu, Sep 01, 2022
Starting in September, Galway Arts Centre is offering aspiring poets a choice of three online poetry workshops, all facilitated by poet Kevin Higgins, whose best-selling first collection, The Boy With No Face, published by Salmon Poetry, was short-listed for the 2006 Strong Award for Best First Collection by an Irish poet.
Read more ...Book an online creative writing class
Thu, Aug 18, 2022
Creative Writing for Beginners with Kevin Higgins takes place one evening per week (Monday) from 7-9.30pm (10 weeks). It commences on Monday, September 12, 2022. Advance booking is essential. Places cost €140. Kevin Higgins will provide writing exercises for, and give gentle critical feedback to, those interested in trying their hand at writing stories, poems, or memoir.
To book a place, go to https://www.gti.ie/parttime/courses/detail/5342
Read more ...Time to choose your favourite bookshop
Thu, Aug 11, 2022
Galwegians have the chance to choose their favourite bookshop in the search for the ‘An Post Bookshop of the Year’ 2022.
The ‘An Post Bookshop of the Year’ category is designed to acknowledge the significant role played by independent bookshops and local branches of bookshop chains in helping their local communities to find and savour the titles of their choice. The new category was unveiled last year and thousands of votes were cast, with Kenny’s Bookshop in Galway crowned the overall winner.
Read more ...An inspiring journey — McMenamin book to be launched in Oranmore tomorrow
Thu, Jul 14, 2022
From the cages of Long Kesh in the 1970s, to the lecture halls and classrooms of NUI Galway this century, a love of writing and a passionate belief in the importance of education has been central in the life of Paddy McMenamin.
Read more ...Book review - Unforgiveable by Barbara McKeon
Literature Reviews Thu, Jul 07, 2022
A young woman falls for a married man, and as their relationship slides towards its inevitable collapse, she is drawn into a chain of events that will have devastating consequences for her and everyone around her.
This is the premise of Unforgiveable, a new novel by journalist, author, and Galway Advertiser proofreader Barbara McKeon. In it, she takes us on a journey of disfunction, remorse and, ultimately, redemption. And it is quite the ride.
Read more ...From the drill to the quill
Wed, Apr 27, 2022
Des Kavanagh’s poems are full of the names of people and places he knows or has known well. Names are great familiarisers and Kavanagh’s Ireland is a close and familiar place. But it also bears within it the ache of absence, not just for specific people, but for the world they inhabited, a world that made them and that they also made. Kavanagh’s ancestral Inishowen in Donegal, his family, in it’s old and new generations, often provide the pivot that turns him to the past, although it also allows for glimpses of the future, through children and grandchildren — so said the late Seamus Deane of the Galway poet.
Read more ...Brian Arkins - new poetry collection
Thu, Mar 24, 2022
BRIAN ARKINS, professor emeritus of Classics at NUI, Galway, will launch his new collection of poems, Towards a Credo, tomorrow evening, Friday March 25.
Read more ...Poetry and fiction at Over The Edge
Wed, Mar 16, 2022
TWO POETS and a fiction writer will be the main readers at the next Over The Edge: Open Reading on Zoom on Thursday March 24 at 6.30pm.
Read more ...Groundbreaking new book on Irish trad to be launched
Thu, Mar 03, 2022
A GROUNDBREAKING new book on Irish traditional music, particularly the music of the Aran Islands, will be launched next week.
Read more ...Galway author nominated for European Union Prize for Literature
Thu, Mar 03, 2022
MADAME LAZARE, the Irish language novel by Galway author Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin, has been nominated for the European Prize for Literature 2022.
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